by Admin | Aug 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Before we wanted to become good relatives, before Dina and I knew one another at all, we were connected through Panhe –”the place by the water” in the Acjachemen language. I had written about Panhe in the Surfer Girls book. Dina wrote an entire Master’s...
by Admin | Aug 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
We begin with Lulu’s garden and with Lulu interviewing me! “Why do you think the idea of the West persists for us, in North America? From a Mexican perspective, a child of a migrant,” Lulu says, “the other orientation was north, right? I find it so...
by Admin | Aug 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
The one and only, Melody Graulich! We meet in Swan Valley, Idaho, set up at Camp Rendezvous, a small mom-and-pop shop with no tent campers but us. Melody herself had planned to throw her bag down under the stars, but late-day rain and her dog, who she thinks might...
by Admin | Aug 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
This post is written by Zainab Abdali, the graduate summer intern for the Living West as Feminists project. 9 am in Houston. I sit down at my desk with a cup of coffee, open up my laptop, and put my headphones on. I hit play. The conversation that I listen to is...
by Admin | Aug 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Missoula Public Library is Randi’s choice of place for our conversation. It is a state-of-the-art facility any city would envy, created by local architects A&E Design in partnership with Minneapolis-based Traci Lesneski of MSR Design, library-museum...